Chris Romer is seeking out supporters of James Mejia and Doug Linkhart.

Chris Romer’s website has two invitations running on its banner, inviting supporters of former mayoral candidates James Mejia and Doug Linkhart to join his campaign.

Romer is in the June 7 runoff with Michael Hancock and is obviously in need of their support. His vote totals did not crest over the 30 percent mark. There was only a 1,587-vote difference between Romer and Hancock. In fact, there was only a 3,078-vote difference between Romer and Mejia.

Denver may be bored with this year’s municipal election, which seems to have the pulse of a piece of cold marble. But for those of us who get paid to pay attention, the 2011 campaign has been anything but boring, featuring excitement, humor, sadness and some very strange moments.

Here, less than a week before Tuesday’s ballot count, is a breakdown of the best and worst from this year’s campaign.

Best Mayoral Forum: Candidate Survivor. Hands down. The April 6 forum at Casselman’s was put on by the folks at New Era Colorado, featuring questions posed by a man dressed as a bed bug, drinking among the candidates, crowd-voting by text messaging and, yes, dancing. A crazy night that had Doug Linkhart winning after he threw candies to the crowd and promised to legalize marijuana.

Four candidates for Denver mayor were invited to a forum Tuesday at the Sewall Grand Ballroom with a focus on disability issues.

In the wake of the latest poll, only four candidates for Denver mayor were invited to a televised debate Tuesday night at the Sewall Grand Ballroom in downtown Denver moderated by Aaron Harber and Ann Trujillo of KMGH News.

Harber said the four were invited because polling showed that they had support above the margin of error. Theresa Spahn had 4 percent support in the latest Denver Post/9News poll, which had a plus or minus margin of 4 points, which excluded her from the forum, Harber said.

Denver Post reporter Karen Auge attended a mayoral forum this morning put on by a coalition of agencies and nonprofit organizations who serve children in the child protection system.

Here is her report:

Despite what his website says about his commitment to better schools and improving opportunities for disadvantaged youth, Chris Romer was alone among the three mayoral frontrunners who skipped this morning’s candidate forum on child protection and human services.

The forum, held in the sky-high offices of the Holme Roberts & Owen law firm, gave candidates an opportunity to offer their ideas for improving Denver’s system for protecting abused and neglected kids.

Denver mayoral candidates, from l to R, Doug Linkhart, Carol Boigon, Danny F. Lopez, James Mejia, Thomas Wolf and Michael Hancock field questions during the first mayoral forum of the election season at the Unity Church on South University Blvd. in Denver. (Leah Mills - The Denver Post)

The first forum with Denver mayor hopefuls Tuesday night gave candidates a chance to try out some new ideas on how to improve education, spark the economy and cut costs.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.